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November 14, 2023Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) lead cleanup contractor UCOR has finished constructing the final permitted cell in Landfill V ahead of schedule.Office of Environmental Management
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November 14, 2023Preparations to retrieve radioactive and chemical waste from another group of large underground tanks at the Hanford Site are gaining momentum.Office of Environmental Management
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Press ReleaseNovember 9, 2023Breakthrough Approach will Bring a Low-Cost, Low-Energy Refrigerant-Free HVAC and Drinkable Water Solution to the WorldOffice of Technology Commercialization
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November 7, 2023Workers at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility (ERDF) on the Hanford Site have disposed of more than 19 million tons of waste from cleanup to date.Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023Fresh on the heels of demolishing the Bulk Shielding Reactor and Low Intensity Test Reactor over the past year, EM crews at Oak Ridge are now working to remove a third reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).Office of Environmental Management
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November 7, 2023A digital transformation initiative in EM’s waste vitrification plant at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is ensuring accuracy and consistency, and streamlining operations of nuclear waste transfers.Office of Environmental Management
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BulletinNovember 1, 2023Scientists develop a multimodal imaging approach to study microbe–semiconductor biohybrids at the single-cell to single-molecule level.Biological and Environmental Research
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Press ReleaseNovember 1, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Technology Transitions (OTT) has named the grand prize winners in the American-Made Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) Prize Round 2. Four incubators were each awarded $500,000 in cash prizes.Office of Technology Commercialization
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October 31, 2023Moab Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project successfully relocating another 1 million tons of uranium mill tailings away from the Colorado River, bringing the cumulative total to 14 million tons permanently disposed.Office of Environmental Management
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October 30, 2023The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), as a part of an international partnership, are investigating the resource potential of gas hydrates within the Prudhoe Bay Unit on the Alaska North Slope.Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office